Helena Cortez-Pinto, MD, PhD, FAASLD

Biography

Helena Cortez-Pinto (MD, PhD) is a specialist in gastroenterology and is dedicated predominantly to hepatology: steatotic liver disease, advanced liver disease, and public health. She is Full professor of Medicine, at Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL). Director of Clínica Universitária de Gastrenterologia, and Coordinator of the Hepatology Unit of CHLN, Portugal. President of the Scientific Council of FMUL since 2022. Past President of United European Gastroenterology (UEG) (2022-2023). Senior editor of Seminars of Liver Disease and member of the "Editorial Board" of Journal of Hepatology. Published more than two hundred scientific articles in indexed Journals including JAMA, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology and Liver International.